Even though Poiz said he’s been asked this question for nine years, he did begin his answer by invoking his wife’s Democratyness at a convention press conference, saying he has been married to a lifelong Democrat. “We have a joint checking account. She asked me to attend some fundraisers. I did. But it was really in support of her political ambitions and interests. Not mine.”

Lesson to you kids out there who want to grow up to be politicians: If your spouse wants to write checks to people you consider politically execrable, have them fill out the paperwork themselves.

In a new online-only ad released Tuesday, Team Whitman is workshopping a new line of beatdown on Poiz: The ad says he’s “the perfect politician.” As in, he’d say and do anything to get elected. The key here to them isn’t just that Poiz peeled a few bills off of his near-billion-dollar wad, it’s that he didn’t own up to it.

A couple of things about the ad: Not to get all picky, but when it says that Poiz wrote checks to Gore who was “trying to steal the election” — Gore did get more votes, but lost the electoral college vote.

Meanwhile, Team Whitman is fighting the media on the other flank of their two-front war. (The third GOPer in the guv race, former Silicon Valley Rep. Tom Campbell, doesn’t engage in tit-for-tat swipes at opponents. Not even a tat from The Professor on this.) Meg says that Sac Bee story “misreported” her voting record is inaccurate.

Essentially, Meg is saying the Bee “clipped” her statement so that she sounded like she has bad manners — at best. Imperialistic, at worst. Said Meg’s Tucker Bounds Tuesday:

“The Sacramento Bee did in fact intentionally shorten and clip Meg Whitman’s statements for effect. In the youtube provided by The Sacramento Bee, Meg Whitman politely says ‘You can go get it’ and ‘you can go find it’ — at no time would a reasonable listener conclude that the candidate replied shortly ‘Go find it'; as it was reported by The Sacramento Bee.”

Listen to the Bee’s audio here. You know, go find it…and we mean that in the nicest way possible.